PO-EMotion #15- HOPE

April is National Poetry Month. Every year, my dear friend (and poet Extraordinaire), Mary Lee Hahn chooses a theme, and writes a poem each day. Mary Lee blogs and posts her poems at two different places- YEAR OF READING and a fabulous new poetry blog POETREPOSITORY.

This year, Mary Lee has chosen the theme, "PO-EMotions." She promises, "This year, I will write a poem a day that either evokes an emotion, or uses an emotion word in the title or body of the poem." Her list of emotions is here. I'm joining her, at least some days.

Today's emotion is hope. My poem (such as it is) is a found poem. Part of it is from a famous Dickinson poem, part is from some favorite Bible verses, and part is from a favorite hymn.

"Hopehymn"

  

“Hope” is the thing with feathers - 

Faith is the confidence 

in what we hope for 

and assurance 

about what we do not see. 

That perches in the soul – 

We have this hope as 

an anchor for the soul, 

firm and secure.

And sings the tune without the words –

It is well with my soul, 

it is well with my soul 

it is well,

it is well,

with my soul. 

And never stops -

Let us hold unswervingly 

to the hope we profess, 

for He who promised is faithful.

And sings the tune without the words –

It is well with my soul, 

it is well with my soul 

it is well,

it is well,

with my soul. 

And never stops - 

at all.

(c) Carol Wilcox, 2015